R Srikanth

Professor
Administrative Position
Dean
School
School of Natural Sciences and Engineering
Programme
Phone
Tel: 080-2218 5135 Fax: 080-2218-5028
E-mail
rsrikanth@nias.res.in
Room no
S-11
Department
Faculty

R. Srikanth is the Dean of the School of Natural Sciences & Engineering, and also heads the Energy, Environment, and Climate Change Program.  He graduated from the Indian School of Mines in 1984 and was awarded the ISM Gold Medal.  He worked in coal mines for six years before commencing his research at the Pennsylvania State University where he completed a dual Ph.D. in Mining Engineering & Operations Research. He joined NIAS in 2016 after a 20-year long career in industry, primarily in Tata Steel. He is currently involved in several Government-appointed committees related to energy security alongside his other duties as faculty and Dean at NIAS.

Research Interests: Air pollution and public health, energy security, coal and mineral policies, environmental policy and governance, sustainable development, and climate change.

Publications
NIAS Transition Plan for an Integrated Approach to Development and Environment in the Power Sector
DST – NIAS Sustainable Pathways to Energy Utilisation – Volume 2: State of the Environment in the Ramagundam and Dorli-Bellampalli coal mines in the State of Telangana
DST – NIAS Stakeholder Consultation workshop to discuss the NIAS Transition Plan for an Integrated Approach to Development and Environment in the Power Sector
DST - NIAS Sustainable Pathways to Energy Utilisation – Volume 1: Improving the environmental governance of coal mines in India through a unified authority
Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on a Draft Sustainable Coal Mining Bill Workshop Report of SERB
Report of the Expert Group on Washing of Thermal Coal is vital for India
Coal Mining and Environment: A Case Study of Dorli Opencast Coal Mines
Optimal Electricity Mix for the Southern Region: Summary Report of NIAS – MOES Workshop 17th January 2020
Implementation of Clean Coal Technologies to comply with “New Emission Norms” for Thermal Power Plants - Way forward for Southern Region Summary Report of NITI Aayog-DST-NIAS Workshop 17th September 2019
Ambient Air Quality around Coal Mines and Thermal Power Plants in India
NITI Aayog-NIAS Workshop on Optimal Electricity mix for India-Glide Path for India's Power Sector
Earth and Human Systems: Understanding the Interaction
Sustainability of Coal Mining: Challenges and Way Forward (Report of the Proceedings of NIAS Workshop)
Cost and environmental benefits of coal-concentrated solar power (CSP) hybridization in India
Air Quality, National Standards and Human Health in India
Why India needs a Coal Mines Environment Authority
Dispersion of Particulate Matter and Sulphur Oxides from Thermal Power Plant: A Case Study
Pit lakes as sustainable post-closure interventions for open-cast coal mines in the Indian context.
Viability of power distribution in India – challenges and way forward.
Coal mining technology and practices in India: Challenges and prospects. In: Future of Coal in India: Smooth Transition or Bumpy Road Ahead?
Report of the expert group on washing of thermal coal is vital for India
Sustainable coal mining – stakeholder consultation workshop
Transition plan for thermal power plants
Executive Summary of the DST – NIAS Stakeholder Consultation workshop to discuss the NIAS Transition Plan for an Integrated Approach to Development and Environment in the Power Sector, DST – NIAS Virtual Workshop January 23, 2021
Govt may do away with mandatory washing of coal for thermal power units
Costly solution: Careful on flue gas Desulphurisers
Air quality in Bengaluru improves significantly post the lockdown
Pit lakes as sustainable post-closure interventions for open-cast coal mines in the Indian context
Transition path to promote renewable energy by DISCOMs.
Sustainability of Coal Mining: Case study of Dorli-Bellampalli coal mines
Optimal Electricity Mix for the Southern Region.
Spatial-temporal variations in the ambient air concentrations of particulate pollutants in and around coal mines and thermal power plants: A case study in Telangana, India
Implementation of clean coal technologies to comply with “New Emission Norms” for thermal power plants - Way forward for Southern region
Sustainability of coal mining: Challenges and way forward 
How to make coal mining sustainable
R Srikanth, Soumya Deep Das
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Viability of power distribution in India – challenges and way forward.
Energy Policy 147: 111882
9 October 2020
Journal Articles
R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Coal mining technology and practices in India: Challenges and prospects. In: Future of Coal in India: Smooth Transition or Bumpy Road Ahead?
Notion Press and Brookings India
1 September 2020
Journal Articles
R Srikanth, Soumya Deep Das
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Transition path to promote renewable energy by DISCOMs.
Renewable Energy Summit. New Delhi: India Energy Forum
1 January 2020
Journal Articles
R Srikanth, Harini Santhanam
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Pit lakes as sustainable post-closure interventions for open-cast coal mines in the Indian context
Aqua Foundation's XIII World Aqua Congress: International Conference and Exhibition. New Delhi: Aqua Foundation's XIII World Aqua Congress
1 November 2019
Journal Articles
Harini Santhanam, R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Pit lakes as sustainable post-closure interventions for open-cast coal mines in the Indian context.
Aqua Foundation's XIII World Aqua Congress: International Conference and Exhibition. New Delhi: Aqua Foundation's XIII World Aqua Congress.
1 January 2019
Journal Articles
image Nikhil Thejesh, Shyam Sundar R, A V Krishnan, R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
NIAS Transition Plan for an Integrated Approach to Development and Environment in the Power Sector
NIAS Research Report, August 2021
2021
image Sarvajeet Kumar Sinha, R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
DST - NIAS Sustainable Pathways to Energy Utilisation – Volume 1: Improving the environmental governance of coal mines in India through a unified authority
NIAS Research Report, June 2021
2021
image Chanchal Chauhan, Aariz Ahmed, Harini Santhanam, R Srikanth, Harsh Kamath
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
DST – NIAS Sustainable Pathways to Energy Utilisation – Volume 2: State of the Environment in the Ramagundam and Dorli-Bellampalli coal mines in the State of Telangana
NIAS Research Report, June 2021
2021
image Shyam Sundar R, Harikrishna M, A V Krishnan, R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
DST – NIAS Stakeholder Consultation workshop to discuss the NIAS Transition Plan for an Integrated Approach to Development and Environment in the Power Sector
NIAS Workshop Report, March 2021
2021
R Srikanth, A V Krishnan
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Transition plan for thermal power plants
NIAS Policy Brief No. NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/PB/17/2020
2020
R Srikanth, Sarvajeet Kumar Sinha
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Sustainable coal mining – stakeholder consultation workshop
2020
R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Report of the expert group on washing of thermal coal is vital for India
New Delhi: Coal Preparation Society in India
2020
image Sarvajeet Kumar Sinha, R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on a Draft Sustainable Coal Mining Bill: Report of SERB
NIAS Virtual Workshop Report, October 2020
2020
image R Srikanth, Sarvajeet Kumar Sinha
Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on a Draft Sustainable Coal Mining Bill Workshop Report of SERB
Reports, 2020, NIAS Virtual Workshop, 05 September 2020, (NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/19/2020)
2020
R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Sustainability of Coal Mining: Case study of Dorli-Bellampalli coal mines
NIAS Research Report No. NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/RR/06/2020
2020
R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Optimal Electricity Mix for the Southern Region.
NIAS Workshop Report No. NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/07/2020
2020
image Harini Santhanam, R Srikanth, Chanchal Chauhan, Sameer Mishra, Sujit Swain
Coal Mining and Environment: A Case Study of Dorli Opencast Coal Mines
Reports, 2020, (NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/RR/06/ 2020)
2020
image Tejal Kanitkar, R Srikanth, Nikhil Thejesh
Optimal Electricity Mix for the Southern Region: Summary Report of NIAS – MOES Workshop 17th January 2020
Reports, 2020, (NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/07/2020)
2020
image R Srikanth, Alok Perti, R K Sachdev, V S Verma, Partha Sarathi Bhattacharya, D N Prasad, Sumantra Bhattacharya
Report of the Expert Group on Washing of Thermal Coal is vital for India
Reports, 2020, Coal Preparation Society in India, New Delhi (2020)
2020
R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Implementation of clean coal technologies to comply with “New Emission Norms” for thermal power plants - Way forward for Southern region
Summary report of NITI-Aayog-DST Workshop, 17 September 2019, NIAS Workshop Report No. NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/13/2019
2019
image R Srikanth, A V Krishnan, Shyam Sundar R, Shilpa Srivastava
Implementation of Clean Coal Technologies to comply with “New Emission Norms” for Thermal Power Plants - Way forward for Southern Region Summary Report of NITI Aayog-DST-NIAS Workshop 17th September 2019
Reports, 2019, (NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/13/2019)
2019
R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Sustainability of coal mining: Challenges and way forward 
NIAS Workshop Report No. NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/071/2019
2019
R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Spatial-temporal variations in the ambient air concentrations of particulate pollutants in and around coal mines and thermal power plants: A case study in Telangana, India
NIAS Research Report No. NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/RR/16/2019
2019
image R Srikanth, Chanchal Chauhan, Safinaz Saif
Ambient Air Quality around Coal Mines and Thermal Power Plants in India
Reports, 2019, (NIAS/NSE/EEP/RR/16/2019)
2019
image R Srikanth
NITI Aayog-NIAS Workshop on Optimal Electricity mix for India-Glide Path for India's Power Sector
Reports, 2018, (NIAS Report:R66-2018)
2018
image R Srikanth
Earth and Human Systems: Understanding the Interaction
Reports, 2018, (Report on the NIAS-MOES Workshop held at NIAS on 14 August 2018)
2018
image Sarvajeet Kumar Sinha, Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Why India needs a Coal Mines Environment Authority
Economic & Political Weekly, 18 December 2021
18 December 2021
image Gufran Beig, R Srikanth, Dr. Shailesh Nayak
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Air Quality, National Standards and Human Health in India
NIAS Policy Brief, 08 December 2021
8 December 2021
Policy Briefs
Rudrodip Majumdar, Harsh Kamath, A V Krishnan, R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Cost and environmental benefits of coal-concentrated solar power (CSP) hybridization in India
Energy (Elsevier), 02 December 2021
2 December 2021
R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Executive Summary of the DST – NIAS Stakeholder Consultation workshop to discuss the NIAS Transition Plan for an Integrated Approach to Development and Environment in the Power Sector, DST – NIAS Virtual Workshop January 23, 2021
NIAS Workshop Report No. NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/03/2021
1 December 2021
image R Srikanth, J Singh, S K Ramasesha
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Dispersion of Particulate Matter and Sulphur Oxides from Thermal Power Plant: A Case Study
Envrionmental Modeling and Assesmnet, August 2021
1 August 2021
image Soumya Deep Das, R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Viability of power distribution in India – Challenges and Way Forward
Energy Policy, December 2020
1 December 2020
image Tejal Kanitkar, Sudha Mahalingam, R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020: Inviting a bigger crisis
October 2020
1 October 2020
image R Srikanth, A V Krishnan
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
NIAS Transition Plan for Thermal Power Plants in India
NIAS Policy Brief, September 2020
1 September 2020
Policy Briefs
R Srikanth, V P Lavanyaa
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Air quality in Bengaluru improves significantly post the lockdown
BusinessLine, 6 May 2020
6 August 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Costly solution: Careful on flue gas Desulphurisers
Financial Express, 27 July 2020
27 July 2020
Op-Eds and Comments
R Srikanth
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Govt may do away with mandatory washing of coal for thermal power units
The Pioneer, 18 May 2020
18 May 2020
R Srikanth
co-authored
Energy, Environment and Climate Change
How to make coal mining sustainable
The Hindu Business Line, 25 November 2019
25 November 2019
Op-Eds and Comments
image R Srikanth, Shilpa Srivastava, Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan, Sarvajeet Kumar Sinha, Jahnavi Sharma
Sustainability of Coal Mining: Challenges and Way Forward (Report of the Proceedings of NIAS Workshop)
NIAS/NSE/EEP/U/WR/071/2019
1 January 2019
Working Papers